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Digital Seminar

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) 2-Day Experiential Workshop


Speaker:
Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP
Duration:
2 Full Days
Format:
Audio and Video
Copyright:
Jun 09, 2016
Product Code:
POS049535
Media Type:
Digital Seminar - Also available: Digital Seminar | DVD


Description

Looking to reinvigorate your therapy approach?

Are you feeling frustrated with challenging clients who seem stuck despite your best efforts? Is therapy becoming more of a chore than a passion?

Mindfulness has become popular, but clinicians are often left without concrete, practical skills to help clients in acute distress, or to help them develop long-term resilience. Applying the advanced methods of an evidence-based intervention such as Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) requires in-depth knowledge and personal experience. MBCT, co-developed by Zindel Segal, combines the solid principles of CBT with the attentional training of mindfulness. MBCT has been shown to cut relapse rates for depression in half with only 8 sessions and has been proven effective for a wide range of psychological disorders, including:

  • Stress
  • Anxiety
  • PTSD
  • Chronic pain
  • Addictions
  • AND is beneficial for clinicians themselves!

In this experiential two-day workshop, immerse yourself in every exercise in the entire MBCT curriculum, systematically progress from body awareness, to noticing and working with subtle thought patterns, to intentionally exposing difficult emotions in order to transform them from within. You will also learn “mindful inquiry,” or how to process a mindfulness exercise with a client, which is key to effective learning. Expert trainer Dr. Richard Sears will personally guide you through subtle and advanced concepts and practices with passion, humor, and wisdom from his 30 years of teaching mindfulness.

Refresh your own being, and foster a new path for healing for your most difficult clients!

OUTLINE

Development of MBCT

  • Definition of mindfulness
  • What mindfulness is not
  • Original MBCT trials
  • Evidence base for MBCT
  • Neurological evidence

Foundational Principles

  • Adaptation of CBT principles
  • Decentering
  • Leading mindfulness exercises
  • Mindful inquiry

Awareness and Automatic Pilot

  • Raisin exercise
  • Body scan
  • Mindfulness of daily activities

Living in Our Heads

  • ABC model
  • Pleasant events calendar
  • Mindful breathing

Gathering the Scattered Mind

  • Mindful stretching
  • Mindful walking
  • Unpleasant events calendar
  • 3-minute breathing space

Recognizing Aversion

  • Mindfulness of breath, body, sounds
  • Working with difficulties

Allowing/Letting Be

  • Exposure to difficult thoughts and feelings
  • Mindfulness of thoughts

Thoughts are Not Facts

  • Purposefully exposing to strong thoughts and feelings
  • Techniques for working wisely with difficult thoughts

How Can I Best Take Care of Myself?

  • Recognizing relapse signatures
  • Developing self-care action plans

Maintaining and Extending New Learning

  • Personalizing mindfulness practices
  • Maintaining momentum

Adapting MBCT for Specific Populations

  • Depression
  • Stress
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic pain
  • PTSD
  • And more!

Mindfulness and Therapist Self-Care

  • Recognizing burnout
  • Mindful self-care strategies

Questions and Discussion

OBJECTIVES

  1. Define mindfulness as it is used in clinical practice.
  2. Outline the underlying mechanisms that make mindfulness techniques effective.
  3. Describe the role of thoughts in perpetuating stress, anxiety, and depression.
  4. Recognize the brain changes associated with mindfulness practice.
  5. Describe how mindfulness relates to the principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
  6. Add mindfulness into traditional CBT thought records.
  7. Use mindfulness-based techniques to help clients de-center from the narrative of negative thoughts and emotions.
  8. Explain the structure of the Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) program.
  9. Explain the differences in group process in MBCT vs. CBT groups.
  10. Examine physical movement as forms of mindfulness practice.
  11. Show how to guide someone through a 3-minute mindfulness exercise.
  12. Define decentering and describe its role in reducing worries and ruminations.
  13. Apply the three steps of the mindful inquiry process.
  14. Explore how to adapt the curriculum to different populations and presenting issues.
  15. Utilize mindfulness techniques for therapists to monitor and reduce stress levels.
  16. Discuss the role of a personal mindfulness practice for the therapist.

 

Credit


* Credit Note - **

NOTE: Tuition includes one free CE Certificate (participant will be able to print the certificate of completion after completing the on-line post-test (80% passing score) and completing the evaluation). 

Continuing Education Information:  Listed below are the continuing education credit(s) currently available for this non-interactive self-study package. Please note, your state licensing board dictates whether self-study is an acceptable form of continuing education. Please refer to your state rules and regulations. If your profession is not listed, please contact your licensing board to determine your continuing education requirements and check for reciprocal approval. For other credit inquiries not specified below, please contact cepesi@pesi.com or 800-844-8260 before the event.

Materials that are included in this course may include interventions and modalities that are beyond the authorized practice of your profession.  As a licensed professional, you are responsible for reviewing the scope of practice, including activities that are defined in law as beyond the boundaries of practice in accordance with and in compliance with your profession's standards.  

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Counselors - Counselors

This intermediate self-study activity consists of 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save the course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from the activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements.


Counselors - Texas Counselors

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Professional Counselors. Provider #: 2477. This self-study course qualifies for 12.5 continuing education credits.


Counselors - South Carolina Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists and Psycho-Educational Specialists

This program has been approved for 12.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Approval #4540.


Social Workers - Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 12.5 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. 


Social Workers - Canadian Social Workers

PESI, Inc., #1062, is approved to offer social work continuing education by the Association of Social Work Boards (ASWB) Approved Continuing Education (ACE) program. Organizations, not individual courses, are approved as ACE providers. State and provincial regulatory boards have the final authority to determine whether an individual course may be accepted for continuing education credit. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the course. ACE provider approval period: January 27, 2017 - January 27, 2020. Social Workers completing this course receive 12.5 (Clinical) continuing education credits for completing this intermediate level self-study course. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to social workers who complete the program evaluation. Full attendance is required. No partial credit will be offered for partial attendance. Canadian provinces may accept activities approved by the ASWB for ongoing professional development.


Social Workers - Florida Social Workers, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Mental Health Counselors

CE Broker

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Clinical Social Work, Marriage and Family Therapy and Mental Health Counseling. Provider Number #50-399. This self-study course qualifies for 12.5 continuing education credits.


Social Workers - Illinois Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Illinois, Department of Financial and Professional Regulation, Division of Professional Regulation. License #: 159-000154. Successful completion of this self-study activity qualifies for 12.5 contact hours.


Social Workers - Kansas Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Kansas Behavioral Sciences Regulatory Board. Provider #14-006. This self-study course has been approved for 12.5 continuing education hours.


Social Workers - Minnesota Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Minnesota, Board of Social Work. Provider #: CEP-140. This self-study package has been approved for 12.5 continuing education hours. This certificate has been issued upon successful completion of a post-test.


Social Workers - New York Social Workers

PESI, Inc. is recognized by the New York State Education Department's (NYSED) State Board for Social Work as an approved provider of continuing education for licensed social workers #SW-0008. This self-study activity will qualify for 15.0 contact hours. Full attendance is required; no partial credits will be offered for partial attendance. 


Social Workers - Ohio Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the State of Ohio Counselor, Social Worker and Marriage & Family Therapist Board. Provider approval #: RCST071001. Successful completion of this self-study course meets the qualifications for 12.5 clock hours of continuing education credit.


Psychologists - Canadian Psychologists

PESI, Inc. is approved by the Canadian Psychological Association to offer continuing education for psychologists. PESI, Inc. maintains responsibility for the program. This program is approved for 12.5 self-study continuing education hours. Full credit statement at: www.pesi.com/cpa-statement


Psychologists - Florida Psychologists

PESI, Inc., is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Psychology.Provider Number #50-399.This product qualifies for 12.6 self-study continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Marriage & Family Therapists

This self-study activity consists of 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please save this course outline, the certificate of completion you receive from this self-study activity and contact your state board or organization to determine specific filing requirements. 


Marriage & Family Therapists - Texas Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a continuing education sponsor through the Texas State Board of Examiners of Marriage and Family Therapists. Provider # 503. This self-study package qualifies for 12.5 continuing education credits.


Marriage & Family Therapists - Illinois Marriage & Family Therapists

PESI, Inc. has been approved as a provider of continuing education by the State of Illinois, Department of Professional Regulation. Provider #:168-000156. Full attendance at this self-study activity qualifies for 12.5 credits.


Addiction Counselors - NAADAC

NAADAC

This self-study course has been approved by PESI, Inc., as a NAADAC Approved Education Provider, for 12.5 CE in the Counseling Services skill group. NAADAC Provider #77553. PESI, Inc. is responsible for all aspects of their programming. Full attendance is required; no partial credit will be awarded for partial attendance.


Connecticut Addiction Counselors

Provider #120924. This course has been approved as a CCB approved training and has been awarded 12.5 hours by the Connecticut Certification Board.


Nurses, Nurse Practitioners, and Clinical Nurse Specialists

This intermediate activity is approved for 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Nurses

PESI, Inc. is a provider approved by the California Board of  Registered Nursing, Provider #: 17118 for 12.5 self-study contact hours. 

** You will need to provide your license number to PESI. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Florida Board of  Nursing. Provider #: FBN2858. These materials qualify for 12.5 self-study contact hours.

CE Broker


Iowa Nurses

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider by the Iowa Board of Nursing. Provider #: 346. Nurses successfully completing these self-study materials will earn 15.2 self-study contact hours. Please email cepesi@pesi.com with your license number, include the title, speaker name and date. PESI must have this number on file in order for your hours to be valid.


Florida Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants

PESI, Inc. is an approved provider with the Florida Board of Occupational Therapy. Provider Number #50-399. This course qualifies for 12.6 self-study continuing education credits.

CE Broker


South Carolina Psycho-Educational Specialists

This self-study program has been approved for 12.5 continuing education hours by the South Carolina Board of Examiners for Licensure of Professional Counselors, Marriage and Family Therapists, and Psycho-Educational Specialists. Provider #4540.


Pennsylvania Social Workers, Counselors, and Marriage & Family Therapists

This intermediate activity is approved for 12.5 clock hours of continuing education instruction. Credit requirements and approvals vary per state board regulations. Please contact your licensing board to determine if they accept programs or providers approved by other national or state licensing boards. A certificate of attendance will be awarded at the end of the program to participants who are in full attendance and who complete the program evaluation.


California Social Workers, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, and Licensed Educational Psychologists

The State of California, Board of Behavioral Sciences will recognize and accept continuing education programs that are sponsored by providers approved by the APA and the ASWB. Full participation in this self-study course will qualify for 12.0 hours of continuing education credit.


Other Professions

This self-study activity qualifies for 12.5 continuing education clock hours as required by many national, state and local licensing boards and professional organizations. Save your activity advertisement and certificate of completion, and contact your own board or organization for specific requirements.



Handouts/Brochure

Speaker

Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP's Profile

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Richard Sears, PsyD, PhD, MBA, ABPP, is a licensed psychologist in Cincinnati, Ohio, board certified in clinical psychology by the American Board of Professional Psychology (ABPP), runs a private psychology and consultation practice, and is the director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness & Meditation. He has run hundreds of mindfulness groups and was lead clinician in the first brain scan study involving mindfulness with children and adolescents. He is also an adjunct professor in the University of Cincinnati psychology department, clinical research faculty at the UC Center for Integrative Health and Wellness, volunteer professor of psychiatry & behavioral neurosciences at the UC College of Medicine, and a former research/psychologist contractor with the Cincinnati VA Medical Center.

His most recent books include ACT with Anxiety (PESI); The ACT Flip Chart (PESI); Cognitive Behavioral Therapy & Mindfulness Toolbox (PESI); Mindfulness: Living Through Challenges and Enriching Your Life in the Moment (Wiley-Blackwell); Building Competence in Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy (Routledge); and Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Therapy for PTSD (Wiley-Blackwell).

Dr. Sears is a sixth-degree black belt in Ninjutsu, and once served as a personal protection agent for the Dalai Lama with his teacher, Stephen K. Hayes. He has studied Eastern Wisdom for over 40 years, receiving ordination in three traditions, and transmission as a Zen master.

 

Speaker Disclosures:
Financial: Dr. Richard Sears maintains a private practice and has employment relationships with the University of Cincinnati, Alliance Integrative Medicine, and Wright State University. He receives compensation as a consultant. Dr. Sears receives royalties as a published author. He receives a speaking honorarium, recording, and book royalties from PESI, Inc. He has no relevant financial relationships with ineligible organizations.
Non-financial: Dr. Richard Sears is the founder and director of the Center for Clinical Mindfulness and Meditation and is a member of the American Board of Professional Psychology, the Academy of the American Board of Clinical Psychology, and the Association for Contextual Behavioral Sciences. He is a peer reviewer for Mindfulness and a book reviewer for John Wiley & Sons, Inc, and Routledge.


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Target Audience

Addiction Counselors, Counselors, Marriage & Family Therapists, Nurses, Occupational Therapists & Occupational Therapy Assistants, Psychologists, Social Workers, and other Mental Health Professionals

Objectives

  1. Compile the underlying mechanisms that make mindfulness techniques effective for stress, depression, anxiety, trauma, pain, and addiction.
  2. Breakdown the role of thoughts in perpetuating symptoms of stress, anxiety, and depression as it relates to ruminating thoughts and behaviors in clients. 
  3. Describe the brain changes associated with mindfulness practice to explain to clients the scientific effectiveness of practicing mindfulness.
  4. Connect how mindfulness builds upon and refines the evidence-based principles of Cognitive-Behavioral Therapy (CBT).
  5. Incorporate mindfulness practices into traditional CBT thought records to help alleviate clients of intrusive, obsessive compulsive thoughts.
  6. Utilize specific mindfulness-based techniques to help clients disengage from the narrative of negative thoughts and emotions.
  7. Organize the eight session structure used MBCT program in your own clinical setting.
  8. Differentiate between the group process in MBCT vs. CBT to avoid clients’ cycles of struggling with distressing thoughts and feelings.
  9. Practice guiding a client through a 3-minute mindfulness exercise to improve the consistency of conscious choices rather than automatic reactions when distressed.
  10. Explore the use of decentering skills with a client, in a session, in the reduction of worry and ruminations.
  11. Apply the three steps of the mindful inquiry process, after the mindfulness exercise is over, to help clients more quickly internalize the skills and attitudes that allows them let go of struggle and make conscious choices.
  12. Adapt the MBCT curriculum to different client populations, including children, as it relates to treatment considerations.

Outline

Development of MBCT

  • Definition of mindfulness
  • What mindfulness is not
  • Original MBCT trials
  • Evidence base for MBCT
  • Neurological evidence

Foundational Principles

  • Adaptation of CBT principles
  • Decentering
  • Leading mindfulness exercises
  • Mindful inquiry

Awareness and Automatic Pilot

  • Raisin exercise
  • Body scan
  • Mindfulness of daily activities

Living in Our Heads

  • ABC model
  • Pleasant events calendar
  • Mindful breathing

Gathering the Scattered Mind

  • Mindful stretching
  • Mindful walking
  • Unpleasant events calendar
  • 3-minute breathing space

Recognizing Aversion

  • Mindfulness of breath, body, sounds
  • Working with difficulties

Allowing/Letting Be

  • Exposure to difficult thoughts and feelings
  • Mindfulness of thoughts

Thoughts are Not Facts

  • Purposefully exposing to strong thoughts and feelings
  • Techniques for working wisely with difficult thoughts

How Can I Best Take Care of Myself?

  • Recognizing relapse signatures
  • Developing self-care action plans

Maintaining and Extending New Learning

  • Personalizing mindfulness practices
  • Maintaining momentum

Adapting MBCT for Specific Populations

  • Depression
  • Stress
  • Anxiety
  • Chronic pain
  • PTSD
  • And more!

Mindfulness and Therapist Self-Care

  • Recognizing burnout
  • Mindful self-care strategies

Questions and Discussion

Reviews

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Overall:      4.9

Total Reviews: 23

Comments

Susan C

"Again, I want to say Sears is a great therapist and a brilliant presenter. This is one of the best CE programs I've attended. "

Mikel W

"I WOULD ENTHUSASTICALLY RECOMMEND THIS COURSE TO COUNSELORS WHO WANT TO LEARN ABOUT AND LEAD MBSR GROUPS OR WANT TO PRACTICE MBSR INDIVIDUALLY. "

David H

"Excellent - Very useful"

Tara W

"This was one of the best presentations/workshops I have attended. I very much enjoyed Dr Sears presentation."

Terry D

"Great webinar! Dr. Sears is a great speaker!"

Jennifer S

"This was one of the best trainings I have attended."

Tania G

"Wonderful ; funny and useful"

Caroline G

"Well organized course, helpful in my practice and population."

Kelly F

"dr. sears was a really great instructor who conveyed information I can utilize going forward very effectively. "

Pardeep N

"really great experience. thanks to Dr. Richards i learned lot. increased my understand, love, compassion, mental health awareness and practice skills."

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